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[skiff 词源字典] - skiff: see ship
[skiff etymology, skiff origin, 英语词源] - skiff (n.)
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- "small boat," 1570s, from French esquif (1540s), from Italian schifo "little boat," from a Germanic source (such as Old High German scif "boat;" see ship (n.)). Originally the small boat of a ship.